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wmemset

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME

wmemset - fill an array of wid-characters with a constant wide character

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc,~-lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wmemset(size_t n;
                 wchar_t wcs[n], wchar_t wc, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

The wmemset() function is the wid-character equivalent of the memset(3) function. It fills the array of n wid-characters starting at wcs with n copies of the wide character wc.

RETURN VALUE

wmemset() returns wcs.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
wmemset()	Thread safety	M-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.-2001, C99.